Bologna School
Nicolo Garani
Bologna
GARANI, Nicolò 18th century, b. Bologna, Worked Naples Italy. Vannes gives the date as c.1700. Henley suggests 1745-1802. Both describe the work as similar to Gagliano, which might suggest the later date is more likely. Both give a roughly similar description: poor wood, high arch, clear yellow varn\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
GARANI, Nicolò 18th century, b. Bologna, Worked Naples Italy. Vannes gives the date as c.1700. Henley suggests 1745-1802. Both describe the work as similar to Gagliano, which might suggest the later date is more likely. Both give a roughly similar description: poor wood, high arch, clear yellow varnish. No confirmation available; work not recorded elsewhere.
George Hart+
Gagliano type of instrument, usually plain wood.
Cecie Stainer+
Worked in Naples about 1700. Made fair instruments on the Gagliano pattern ; used plain wood and yellow varnish.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Soll aus Bologna stammen und als Gehilfe bei den Gagliani gearbeitet haben.
Dadurch erklärt sich auch die Ähnlichkeit seiner Arbeit mit der Gagliani’schen.
Er nimmt die Wölbung hoch und verwendet einen dünnen Lack. Der Ton
seiner Geigen ist edel, wird aber durch das schlechte Holz sehr beeinträchtigt
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